Adolf Hitler's Presence Online

December 2015

Social Media Platforms, Websites, Blogs, Online Merchandise

Introduction
The aim of this presentation is to examine Hitlers
presence online.
This presentation does not pretend to be exhaustive,
but rather seeks to sensibilize about a little-known issue
through a quick overview of its different forms.

Outline of the presentation

.1Websites
.1.1Ideology
.1.2Merchandising
and Relics

.2Social Networks
.2.1Facebook
.2.2Twitter
.2.3YouTube &
Instagram

1.1. Ideology

Glorifying Hitler is a widespread trend on the Internet. Content promoting

Hitlers ideology can be found on national-socialist, neo-Nazi, white
supremacist and certain conspirationnist websites.

Such websites do not only glorify Hitler through History, but draw a complete
outline of Hitlers ideology, interpretating Hitler's thought and presenting him as
a visionary.

Their role is thus not only to celebrate Hitler, but also to educate their visitors
and to provide them with alternative ideological tools to understand and
interpret the present.

The Mein Kampftcejorp

The Daily Stormer

Homepage of the website (http://www.dailystormer.com/)

An article celebrating the 70th anniversary of Hitlers death

An article on Expeltheparasite.com

10reasons why Hitler was one of the good guys

theneworder.org

Reading suggestions on the same website

A German website glorifying Hitler

The titles reads: German struggle for freedom - The truth about the war, the Germans and their Fhrer

1.2. Merchandising and Relics

Not to be confounded with websites dedicated to
collectors of WWII weapons or uniforms, or of German
militaria.
Some websites, often related to far-right or neo-fascist
movements, propose Hitlers souvenirs.
A legal dead-end: LICRA v. Yahoo!, 2000.

An American website
(http://www.pzg.biz)/

You can buy Mein Kampf ot ,noisrev oidua sti redro ro support free speech...

Or order the bust of Hitler

werwolfwear.com

On sale on David Irvings website

2.1. Facebook

As the largest social network, Facebook counts many pages and profiles
that are racist or promote racial hatred.

Facebook offers its community of users the possibility to report such pages
and profiles so the network deletes them. Facebook does not delete
everything though, and you can still find much pages or profiles glorifying
Hitler online.

Eventually, when a page or profile has been removed, its owner often recreates it. Combating such pages or profiles is a game of cat and mouse.

Facebook pages in Arabic

Post from a neo-Nazi page

Historical pages glorifying Nazi troops

Personal profiles

2.2. Twitter
Contrary to Facebook, Twitter has a way more libertive
policy regarding the content posted by its users.
We therefore find even more racist, antisemitic, and
Hitler grlorifying content on this social network.

One of the largest Hitler profiles on Twitter

This profile (@DictatorHitler) has almost 400,000 direct followers

This account (@TGSNTtv) has been created by the authors of a revisionnist documentary on Hitler

Hitler in Arabic

In Turkish

In Chinese

Example of content
Posted by @HitlerVsTheJews

2.3. YouTube & Instagram

The policy of YouTube is quite strict and content can be reported
by its users and then be removed by the platform.

We still find an important number of videos and photos glorifying

Hitler though.
YouTube has already been condemned in December 2008 for
showing video clips glorifiying Nazi troops and Hitler.

YouTube search result

Keywords: Hitler and tribute

A YouTube channel which uploads pro-Nazi content

The conclusion of one of these video clips

Comments on a YouTube video clip on Hitler

Content posted on Instagram

Conclusion

70 years after his death, Hitler is still alive online.

Thanks to his admirers, Hitler and his ideology are omnipresent on the
Internet. This is very worrying knowing the impact of the Internet,
particularly on young generations.

Much more has to be done on the subject. The different actors must
engage a true reflection in order to create effective tools and policy to fight
against online hatred and incitement, while preserving freedom of speech.

This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by ISCA

Israeli Students Combating Antisemitism, a project by The National
Union of Israeli Students (NUIS). For more information please contact
us at contact@isca-org.com or visit our website at isca-org.com.
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